Patnè en Aksyon: Addressing Cancer Disparities in Little Haiti Through Research and Social Action

Erin Kobetz; Janelle Menard; Betsy Barton; Laurinus Pierre; Joshua Diem; Pascale Denize Auguste

doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.142794

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Patnè en Aksyon: Addressing Cancer Disparities in Little Haiti Through Research and Social Action

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Patnè en Aksyon: Addressing Cancer Disparities in Little Haiti Through Research and Social Action

Erin Kobetz, Janelle Menard, Betsy Barton, Laurinus Pierre, Joshua Diem and Pascale Denize Auguste

American journal of public health (1971), Vol.99(7), pp.1163-1165

2009-07

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2008.142794

PMCID: PMC2696663

PMID: 19443833

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Haitian women living in Miami, Florida, experience an increased risk of developing and dying from cervical cancer compared with women in other racial/ethnic minority and immigrant groups in the area. In response to this disparity, academic investigators from a local university-based cancer center and community leaders from Little Haiti, the predominately Haitian neighborhood in Miami, created Patnè en Aksyon (Partners in Action), a campus-community partnership. We describe the partnership's effort to document the prevalence of lifetime and routine Papanicolau test use using community-based participatory research methods. Community health workers indigenous to the area recruited participants from various community venues throughout Little Haiti and administered informal, brief interviews to assess their screening practices. The results indicate that Haitian women are underscreened and underscore the importance of community involvement in study implementation.

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Title: Patnè en Aksyon: Addressing Cancer Disparities in Little Haiti Through Research and Social Action
Creators: Erin Kobetz - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Janelle Menard - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Betsy Barton - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Laurinus Pierre - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Joshua Diem - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Pascale Denize Auguste - Erin Kobetz is with the Miller School of Medicine and the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami, FL. Janelle Menard and Betsy Barton are with the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Miami. Joshua Diem is with the School of Education, University of Miami, Miami. Laurinus Pierre is with the Center for Haitian Studies, Miami. Pascale Denize Auguste is with the Haitian American Association Against Cancer, Miami
Publication Details: American journal of public health (1971), Vol.99(7), pp.1163-1165
Publisher: American Public Health Association
Academic Unit: Miller School of Medicine; Jay Weiss Institute for Health Equity at Sylvester; UMMG Dept of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article
PMID: 19443833
PMCID: PMC2696663
Record Identifier: 991031578401502976